Uncertainty in Everything
I came across a note I had written, probably while listening to a wonderful and fantastic talk. I don’t remember who was giving the talk, nor the main topic of the talk, but I gained something from this unnamed talk.
In everything we do, there is a measure of uncertainty.
I love that. I like to look at my whole life through that lense, but particularly my writing. I want my writing to be loved, appreciated, and most of all, read, but I understand there is an uncertainty it will ever be seen by anyone other than my husband and myself. Does that mean I shouldn’t write? No way. Uh huh. Nope.
I can go through my life, only doing the things I think are “sure bets”… but the greatest joys can be found in taking a risk. Getting married is a good example. My husband is a sure bet for happiness, but marriage is still a leap of faith. I could have stayed single, which would have been a sure bet to unhappiness, but I took a leap and I’m happier for it.
Writing is the same way, even on a daily level. When I sit down to write, there is a level of uncertainty… the writing I do that day may be my best ever, but it also might be my worst. I still have to do it; I still have to sit down and write.
There may be uncertainty in everything we do, but that’s what makes it worth it.
24 Feb 2008 Sarah
Today, writing was worth it. Thanks for a great post and a great thought.
I think that trying some uncertain things is important and the way we make progress. I think that I can try uncertain things because there are some very powerful certainties that I have in my life - love of a good man, is a big one, but also the love of a Heavenly Father and of Jesus for me. With that certainty, I am given wings to explore the uncertainties. Make sense?
I think the certainties in our life do help us to explore the uncertainties. On a baser level, if we don’t have any food (our certainty of eating is gone), we won’t try sushi (an uncertain leap). The certainties give us a comfortable place to leap from.